Crude conditional logistic regression ORs (95% CIs) for suicide relative to potential risk factors
| Risk factor | Controls | Cases | OR (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||||||
| Work: | |||||||||
| In work | 2865 | 93.0 | 215 | 7.0 | 1.00 | ||||
| Out of work | 2483 | 88.6 | 321 | 11.5 | 2.15 (1.75 to 2.66) | ||||
| Social class: | |||||||||
| Upper white | 728 | 91.9 | 64 | 8.1 | 1.00 | ||||
| Lower white | 771 | 90.0 | 86 | 10.0 | 1.27 (0.91 to 1.78) | ||||
| Skilled blue | 2069 | 90.5 | 217 | 9.5 | 1.19 (0.89 to 1.59) | ||||
| Unskilled blue | 1780 | 91.3 | 169 | 8.7 | 1.07 (0.79 to 1.46) | ||||
| Exposure to solvents: | |||||||||
| No | 1483 | 91.0 | 146 | 9.0 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 3865 | 90.8 | 390 | 9.2 | 1.03 (0.84 to 1.25) | ||||
| Exposure to sunlight: | |||||||||
| No | 2824 | 91.8 | 254 | 8.3 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 2524 | 90.0 | 282 | 10.1 | 1.25 (1.04 to 1.50) | ||||
| Location in USA: | |||||||||
| East | 3251 | 60.8 | 272 | 50.7 | 1.00 | ||||
| West | 2097 | 39.2 | 264 | 49.3 | 1.56 (1.30 to 1.89) | ||||